Line #12 Creator/MariShimizu


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2	Make way for the "[[RedBaron Mother of Japanese Voice Actors]]," she is ''[[Anime/AstroBoy Astro Boy!]]''
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4	Mari Shimizu [[note]] her name after marriage is Mari Yamanouchi [[/note]] (Born June 7th 1936) was a stage actress personally scouted by Creator/OsamuTezuka to perform the voice role of Astro Boy for her experience in portraying a stage version of the [[TheProtagonist principal role]], ''[[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]]'' back when she was still a child actress; which the character of Astro Boy was inspired by.
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6	As ''Anime/AstroBoy'' gained success, she eventually became a ProductionPosse for Creator/MushiProductions, and caught herself amongst the dawn of Japanese animation and mainstream voice acting. Partaking in roles of many classics from ''Anime/HumanoidMonsterBem'', ''Manga/AttackNumberOne'', ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikky%C5%AB-san Ikkyu-san]]'', ''Manga/CandyCandy'', to ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. Her forte is mainly children and mother characters.
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8	Starting from the 1980's, Shimizu moved out of the front lines of voice acting and became an active performing arts instructor to this day.
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10	Shimizu was awarded “The Synergy Award“ [[note]]An award in recognition of a title (no matter which medium, as long as it has voice acting performance) which brought out the best performance of their cast of voice actors (particularly, the recipients for the award), and has influenced the nation greatly with their work.[[/note]] for Astro Boy (''Anime/AstroBoy'') at the 3rd Annual Seiyuu Awards in 2009, and was one of three recipients awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” of the 11th Annual Seiyuu Awards in 2017.
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12	In one interview, she [[TheReveal revealed]] she had [[OneDegreeOfSeparation ties]] with voice actress Creator/MegumiOgata, indicating the actress and her daughter were high school classmates.
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14	! Roles of Mari Shimizu:
15	* Astro Boy[=/=]Tobio Tenma of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' (1963 [[note]] barring episodes 97 to 106 where he was voiced by Kazue Tagami due to Shimizu being on maternity leave at the time [[/note]], 1980 TV Series [[note]] per Tezuka's request [[/note]], and all voiced appearances prior to the 2003 series; since retiring from the role in 2003, Makoto Tsumura [[note]] 2003 series, its specials and ''Ravex in Tezuka World'' [[/note]] , Aya Ueto [[note]] 2009 movie [[/note]], Creator/RieMurakawa [[note]] Little Astro Boy [[/note]], Creator/RomiPark [[note]] ''Go Astro Boy Go!'' [[/note]] and Creator/YokoHikasa [[note]] ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' [[/note]] have taken on the role of Astro in the years since)
16	** Adam in ''Anime/UnderseaSuperTrainMarineExpress'' (who's just Astro in an AlternateUniverse)
17	* Bero in ''Anime/HumanoidMonsterBem'' (1968 TV Series)
18	* Jetter Mars in ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetter_Mars Jetter Mars]]''
19	* Jim Hawkins (child) in ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island_(1978_TV_series) Treasure Island (The Anime)]]'' (TV series only, in the 1987 compilation movie he's voiced by Creator/MasakoNozawa)
20	* Kira in ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' (1978 TV series)
21	* Tomiko Shimamoto in ''Manga/AttackNumberOne''
22	* Patty in ''[[Creator/OsamuTezuka Triton Of The Sea]]''

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